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The deals Walker made in order to pass the months-overdue two-year budget are being called into question by opponents.
STATE NEWS

Critics say Walker’s budget negotiations broke state rules

Gov. Scott Walker used 99 partial vetoes to appease a handful of senators who were stalling the passage of the state’s 2017-’19 budget but some critics are saying Walker’s negotiations went so far as to break state laws. A state court ruling on the type of negotiations officials in the Legislature can and can’t make is unprecedented.


Three shots were fired Wednesday near the home of the mother of Tony Robinson, a 19-year-old fatally shot by a Madison police officer in 2015.
CITY NEWS

Police investigating shots fired near home of Tony Robinson’s mother

Madison Police Department officers are investigating an apparent shooting that happened Wednesday on the north side of Madison, near where the mother of Tony Robinson — a teen fatally shot by an MPD officer in 2015 — currently lives. No one was hurt, MPD Officer Matthew Schroedl said in a report, but police found damage to a building in the 2100 block of Winnebago Street, where the incident occurred.


Ken Adams is a senior at Horizon High School, a recovery school for kids with substance abuse. For Adams, Horizon is like a second home.
STATE NEWS

Recovery high schools part of solution to end opioid epidemic

Without Horizon High School, a recovery high school for teens with substance abuse, 17-year-old Ken Adams says he wouldn’t be alive. “It saved my life,” the high school senior said. Although Adams attends the school sculpted for teens recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, he’s never had an addiction problem.


Madison Metropolitan School District received a $500,000 grant from CUNA Mutual Group this week, allowing educators to expand resources for students. 
CITY NEWS

Madison school district receives half-million dollar grant

Madison Metropolitan School District received a half-million dollar grant from a local company for more community resources to bring neighborhoods together. CUNA Mutual Group, a local insurance firm, announced this week that it will help MMSD expand its community schools program from two schools to four by committing $500,000 over the next three years.


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